Chapter Sixty Recording and Dubbing

  Jenkins' film company was formed quietly, with little fanfare, and few people knew about it outside of a handful of industry insiders. Hollywood had another star-studded shell of a movie company, and even after its formation, Ryan hadn't even bothered to take a look. The entire company consisted of just eight employees, including part-timers Scott Swift and Paige Kingsley.

  As Ryan said, the company doesn't have much business, neither shooting external scripts nor buying film releases, all that needs to be done is to dispatch corresponding financial and material supervisors after joint investment.

  Negotiations with Warner went relatively smoothly, Hollywood has already had a trend of shifting to large-scale productions, and joint investment partnerships will inevitably become mainstream in the future. The audience's taste is the most unpredictable thing, and being able to bring Ryan Jenkins' team on board to invest together can reduce risks, so why not?

  Moreover, the investment amount required by the other party only accounted for a quarter and did not touch their bottom line.

  Negotiations with Hollywood Records led Ryan back to the studio, where he hummed a few songs and Hollywood Records quickly finalized a contract, promising to record and release the single as soon as possible.

  "Ryan, I think the whole tune and singing style should be more playful, try to reduce the sarcastic meaning, the lyrics are enough to express the meaning." In the recording studio, John Burns personally served as the producer of "he", giving his own opinions based on Ryan's singing.

  The principle of "going too far is the same as not going far enough" was still very clear to Ryan, and after some thought, he felt that the other person's words were very reasonable. He should be an onlooker rather than a mocker. The lyrics' content was enough for the American people to understand what it meant, and he didn't need to add too much personal preference in his singing tone.

  "Alright, let's try again." Ryan put his headset back on.

  Burns let out a gentle sigh, the boy's performance was stunning, after quickly finding his state of mind following an initial discomfort entering the recording studio for the first time. The small problems in his singing voice were easily corrected and he could even learn from them, in his opinion, his musical talent far exceeded his writing ability!

  He really wanted to tell him, "Give up writing and acting, your future is in pop music."

  "The accompaniment also needs to be changed." Ryan frowned after listening to several recorded segments.

  "Mmm." Burns nodded in agreement.

  Ryan returned to the rest room on the other side. George immediately brought over a glass of water and asked, "Do you need any more?" after he finished drinking it in one gulp.

  "No need." Ryan waved his hand and continued, "George, bring me the training plan that the record company customized for me, thanks."

  After the contract was signed, Hollywood Records not only sent a special person to guide him, but also made a perfect plan for his voice change period. Ryan felt much more at ease after seeing it.

  After reading a few scenes, Ryan remembered something else and Al Solkin eventually sold the script to his shell company. He roughly flipped through it and found that the overall plot hadn't changed much. As for those subtle differences, he wasn't going to intervene either, directly handing the script over to Miramax and explicitly stating that this script would definitely be a bestseller if nothing unexpected happened.

  Even if Harvey Weinstein was somewhat dissatisfied that this wasn't his original idea, he accepted the suggestion to co-produce, and as for the male and female leads, of course they wouldn't be Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, Ryan's suggestion was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.

  Pitt is now just a third-tier actor, not much less handsome than the buttery young actors, although lacking in box office appeal, but Nicole Kidman can make up for this to some extent. Moreover, using these two people, the saved film remuneration can let the entire movie's investment be cut in half.

  This kind of movie that embodies the American spirit and mainstream melody, as long as the director and production side don't have a brain cramp, recovering costs is not a problem.

  Moreover, Harvey Weinstein, that fat guy, has always had a keen grasp of the market and can be ranked among the best in Hollywood.

  The single was reworked several times and recorded over two days, with Ryan's condition improving dramatically by the second day, prompting Burns to scrap the previous day's takes and start again.

  If it weren't for Ryan's increasingly obvious vocal strain and unsuitability for long periods of high-intensity work, Burns would have even let him keep trying.

  Listening to the song in his earbuds, Ryan gently swayed his body. His voice was very clean, with a hint of huskiness and a touch of childishness, perfectly fitting the light and playful tone the song wanted to convey. To him, this version had at least one-third difference from the original in his past life.

  That's right, the melody of this "He" is borrowed from "She" by Dancing Spirit!

  The original lyrics were just light and cheerful, but he changed them into something that was completely out of place and sarcastic.

  After wrapping up the brief recording work, Ryan didn't have a chance to relax. Apart from going to school and facing paparazzi harassment, he started his daily life of rushing to North Hollywood after school.

  Fortunately, he now has a robust bodyguard and driver who can ward off some of the trouble for him to some extent, such as the Jenkins couple who came to harass him. Moreover, after Nicole's $100,000 sponsorship again, the school allowed his special car to drive directly into the campus for a certain distance to ensure that he could safely go to and from school.

  Ryan also had his first big expense, that is his private car. Originally, the money for buying a car was wanted to be borne by Nicole, but he strongly refused it. His future expenses will become bigger and bigger, can't Nicole Kidman always be responsible until he turns sixteen?

  He initially planned to buy a Bentley or Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, after all, he had heard so much about these famous cars but never rode in one before. However, before Nicole's eyes turned cold, he quickly vetoed his own words and ended up buying the latest Audi 90 instead.

  George carefully pulled the car up in front of T2's offices, where post-production on Terminator 2 was entering its final stages. James Cameron spent most of his time running back and forth between Industrial Light & Magic and T2, reassembling the main cast to record voiceovers for edited sample scenes.

  Although it was just a few fragments, the huge investment of over $100 million gave Cameron tremendous pressure, and he demanded every detail to be strict, more than ever on set.

  "Reyn, what's wrong with you? We don't have time to waste!" Cameron burst out in anger, seeing Reyn's slightly dazed expression, Arnold Schwarzenegger hastily retreated, lest the fire at the city gate spread to himself.

  In the cramped recording studio, all that was left was Cameron's roar, Ryan pinched his nose, took off the mic and stood up from the chair, saying slowly, "Wait a minute, Jim, don't you think the T800 sounds too lame when it shoots with a shotgun?"

  "Too subtle?" Cameron's ire seemed to grow, and he bellowed again, "Ryan Jenkins, you're just the star of this movie, whether the shotgun blast is too subtle or not is for me, the director, to decide."

  Ryan's mouth twitched, knowing that the other was on a short fuse and it was better not to argue with him. Just now, in the previous sample, he heard the sound of T800 shooting with a shotgun, which was vastly different from the movies of his past life, and he couldn't help but fall into memories.

  James Cameron suddenly stopped, having known Ryan for so long, he naturally knew that he would come up with some weird ideas from time to time, and past experiences have proven that these ideas often had unexpected effects.

  "Alright Ryan, what's on your mind? Spit it out."

  "Your shotgun sound effects, you're using a shotgun's sound, right?" Ryan asked.

  "Yes." Cameron recalled, "The gunfire was indeed a bit muffled."

  "Why not use a more shocking voice? Only that kind of earth-shattering voice can match the T800's fierce appearance." Ryan's eyes rolled around, "For example... the sound of a grenade launcher or a cannon."

  A picture flashed into Cameron's mind, T800 pulled the trigger, shotgun sprayed flames, blasting T1000 to the ground, a deafening roar like a cannon hitting a tank, reverberating in the screening room, shocking the audience.

  After a good ten seconds or more, Cameron slowly nodded and shouted loudly, "Today's dubbing is over, get the editing, music... no, get the heads of each department to come to me immediately! I want to modify the sample!"

  Ryan and Schwarzenegger stared at each other, the latter's style was indeed swift and fierce. The tyrannical director didn't give them any face, "You can leave now, hurry up and go! Especially Ryan, get out of here quickly! Don't cause trouble for me!"

  "This is burning one's bridges! Ryan muttered to himself and said to Schwarzenegger, "Arno, let's go."

  Two people walked towards the gate, only to see the entire workshop in a state of chaos, with everyone rushing about, and could only shake their heads and smile.

  James Cameron's pursuit of film can be described in two words - perfection - although he knows it is impossible to make a perfect movie, it does not stop him from striving for it.

  Especially when Ryan saw his unkempt and disheveled image, he sighed that the job of a director was absolutely not something ordinary people could do.

  Most films' post-production often exceeds the shooting time, especially with the development of movie CG technology, and the time spent on post-production will become longer and longer. A director can make a qualified commercial film in one year is already considered fast.

  Of course, you can also make two or even three works a year, but the result of rough work is only one, and the market and investors will soon abandon you.

  If it weren't for outsourcing most of the post-production visual effects to Industrial Light & Magic, whether Terminator 2 could have been released on its original Independence Day release date would be a big question.

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